Safe Holiday Travel Tips

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The Low-Down on Drinking Water Filters

As an RVer, you can come across many different water sources in your travels. Most campgrounds and RV parks take care to ensure their water supply is free of contaminants by pre-filtering the water before it arrives at your RV. Often though, the water doesn’t taste very good either because it was improperly filtered or not filtered at all. Or maybe the chlorine levels are so high to prevent bacterial growth that you think you’re drinking pool water. There are several drinking water filter solutions you can easily modify your RV with to get the best tasting water possible. So here is the low-down on various types of filtration systems available. Read more Tell a Friend Read More →

RV Weekly Round-Up (June 13-19, 2009)

Check out these highlights of RV-related news, events and video from this past week. 1. Latest RV-Related Recalls: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has issued a new list of recalls for several products related to the RV industry. The latest round of recalls include components for fifth wheels, travel trailers and class A RVs See the recall release for the full list of affected products. Read more Tell a Friend Read More →

Ticked off with Ticks part 2

Last time, dear readers, we talked about how ticks attached themselves to you and were often a carrier of disease.  But I left you hanging about what to do about them.  Several Readers also mentioned that ticks have been found to carry diseases like Lyme disease, that are not as well known, these are called Babesiosis (a parasite disease of the blood) and Ehrlichiosis (a bacterial disease). Read more Tell a Friend Read More →

RV Security Improvements - Change Those Locks!

Do you know what CH751 means? It’s a number stamped on your RV storage door lock key. And it’s the same number stamped on almost every RV storage door lock key. Go ahead. Take a look right now. From the factory, most RVs use the same key and lock combination for all the external storage doors. This means you can wait until your camping neighbor leaves the campground for the day and then you can go check out his “stuff” with your key. All kidding aside, to improve your RV security, you should change out those locks or have them re-keyed. This goes for your RV entrance doors as well. Read more Tell a Friend Read More →

RV Weekly Round-Up (June 6-12, 2009)

Check out these highlights of RV-related news, events and video from this past week. 1. Enter the Go RVing Video Contest: Go RVing is calling for entries in its first Internet video contest, hosted on Facebook. The “Tails from the Road” contest asks contestants to create a positive, humorous video featuring a pet traveling in an RV. Entries will be accepted from June 1 through July 10, by uploading your video to the Go RVing Facebook Fan Page. See the Go RVing webpage for full contest details. Read more Tell a Friend Read More →

Fifth Wheel RV Campsite Departure - one night only.

OUTSIDE TASKS NOTE Perform sewer system steps if needed. If sewer hookup is not available, move trailer to the RV sewage dump station before leaving RV Park. (If needed) Drain & flush sewage and wastewater tanks at the RV Park dump station. CAUTION Health Hazard You should wear disposable latex rubber gloves or nitrile gloves while handling the sewage discharge hose. Recommend washing your hands when this task is finished. 1. Verify sewage discharge hose is connected between trailer sewage outlet pipe and RV Park sewer system. 2. Verify main wastewater tank drain valve is closed. 3. Verify galley wastewater tank drain valve is closed 4. Open sewage waste tank drain valve. 5. Drain sewage waste tank. 6. Open campsite hookup water valve to flush hose. 7. Flush sewage waste tank for about three minutes. 8. campsite hookup water valve to flush hose. 9. Close sewage waste tank drain valve. 10. Open main wastewater tank drain valve. 11. Drain main wastewater tank. 12. Close main wastewater tank drain valve. 13. Open galley wastewater tank drain valve. 14. Drain galley wastewater tank. 15. Close galley wastewater tank drain valve. 16. Disconnect flush hose from trailer sewage tank San-T-Flush water hose connection. 17. Connect flush hose to hose connection on clear 90-degree elbow at sewage outlet. 18. Open hose valve on clear 90-degree elbow at sewage outlet. 19. Open campsite hookup water valve to flush hose. 20. Flush sewage outlet piping and discharge hose for about two minutes. 21.... Read more

Quick RV Safety Refresher Course

I have always been a safety advocate. When you mention the words “RV safety” lots of things come to mind; towing safety, driving safety, personal safety, operating the RV safely and safety related equipment that can be found on most RV’s. Read more Tell a Friend Read More →

Are You and Your Pet Prepared for a Disaster?

June is National Preparedness Month for Pets and a great time to make sure proper plans are in place to assure the safety of our special family members. One of the lessons that rescuers learned with the tragedy of hurricane Katrina was that many people would rather take their chances facing a disaster than leave their pets. Unfortunately, this decision cost many lives. Because of various laws, Red Cross shelters are not allowed to take in animals during an evacuation, so advanced planning is a must. Read more Tell a Friend Read More →

RV Weekly Round-Up (May 30-June 5, 2009)

Check out these highlights of RV-related news, events and video from this past week. 1. Fleetwood Enterprises Signs Purchase Agreement for Motor Home Assets: Leading RV manufacturer Fleetwood announced it has signed an asset purchase agreement to sell its motor home business to American Industrial Partners Capital Fund IV, L.P. of New York. Read more about the deal in the company news release. 2. Fleetwood’s Military Housing Business Sold to Clayton Homes: Following approval by Bankruptcy Court on May 28, Fleetwood Enterprises sold its Trendsetter military housing assets to CMH Manufacturing, Inc. for $4.5 million. See the Fleetwood news release for details. 3. Happy Trailers RV Slideshow: MSN Autos has 12 slides’ worth of RV photos and commentary about notable RVs from yesteryear’s Airstream to today’s super-plush German motorcoach. It’s fun and I even learned a thing or two! 4. Stale RV Water Solutions: You can prevent those notorious musty odors in your RV’s potable water system by taking a few simple steps. Draining your water tanks before storing your rig for extended periods can save you the headache of sanitizing the whole system later on. Watch the video demo to learn how! 5. National Park Service Will Waive Fees on 3 Summer Weekends: The 147 National Park Service sites across the country that charge fees for entry will waive these entrance fees during the weekends of June 20-21, July 18-19, and August 15-16, 2009, said Secretary of... Read more

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